Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s 'Klara and the Sun' will soon be adapted into a film, and the news is that filmmaker Taika Waititi is in talks to direct it. Waititi is in talks with Sony's 3000 Pictures, however, the deal isn't confirmed yet, as per The Hollywood Reporter.
Published in 2021, 'Klara and the Sun' is about an Artificial Friend, named Klara, who helps a sickly child as her companion. The book was longlisted for the Booker Prize the same year.
Dahvi Waller has written the original draft of the upcoming film's screenplay.
Apart from directing the film, buzz is that Waititi and Garrett Basch are also in talks to share producer credits for this project.
Meanwhile, Ishiguro will be the Executive Producer of 'Klara and the Sun' film adaptation, along with Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster from 3000 Pictures.
Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world," as per the Nobel Prize website.
Some of his novels which have been adapted for screen are 'Never Let Me Go', 'The Remains of the Day', among others.
